diff --git a/act/01/18.md b/act/01/18.md index c3b632df89..50a89ba479 100644 --- a/act/01/18.md +++ b/act/01/18.md @@ -1,16 +1,12 @@ -# General Information: - -The author begins to tell the reader background information about how Judas died and what people called the field where he died. This is not part of Peter's speech. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]]) - # Now this man The words "this man" refers to Judas Iscariot. # the earnings he received for his wickedness -"the money that he earned from the evil thing that he did." The words "his wickedness" refer to Judas Iscariot's betraying Jesus to the people who killed him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]]) +The words "his wickedness" refer to Judas Iscariot's betraying Jesus to the people who killed him. # there he fell headfirst, and his body burst open, and all his intestines poured out -This suggests that Judas fell from a high place, rather than just falling down. The fall was severe enough to cause his body to burst open. Other passages of scripture mention that he hanged himself. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]]) +This suggests that Judas fell from a high place, rather than just falling down. The fall was severe enough to cause his body to burst open. Other passages of scripture mention that he hanged himself.